27. Develop fisheries.

28. Undertake afforestation systematically.

29. Improve and cheapen internal transport, especially by reviving
waterways.

A fairly long programme, but it might be added to. Some of it is
essential, all of it useful; some of it wants carefully guarding; none
of it is beyond the sphere of practical politics. We cannot afford to
neglect any of the items. All the activities of the Government, of the
Legislature, and of private effort will be needed. It is worth notice
that there is not a single question in the whole list that need divide
Parliament or the country on party lines.

This list deals only with strictly home matters. Concurrently it will
be necessary to deal with international questions, such as the formation
of the League for securing peace, the constitution and regulation of
tribunals for settling disputes, the resuscitation of International Law
and reconsideration of its rules. An attempt should be made towards
assimilating, by arrangement, the laws of the mother country and the
colonies and also of different nations, affecting commerce, and also as
regards personal status--nationality, naturalisation, and the validity
of marriages.

The whole subject of co-operation between different parts of the Empire
in determining its policy and dealing with matters affecting the whole
demands earnest and immediate attention. The totally different question
of the devolution of powers to any parts of the United Kingdom has yet